While You Were Gone, by Kate MorettiSeptember 2015, from Red Adept Publishing

A Companion Novella to the NYT Bestseller Thought I Knew YouDespite Karen Caughee’s intense focus on her music, her life is drifting out of its lane. Her alcoholic mother keeps calling from bars for early-morning rides, her boyfriend doesn’t think she gets him, and that Toronto Symphony Orchestra position she applied for ends up going to her friend, Amy. By chance, she meets American Greg Randolf just before she’s in a car accident. He pulls her from the wreckage, but after major surgery, her recovery is slow. Without her music, her life’s pursuit, Karen is pushed further adrift.Greg stays by her side while she heals, and he sees her every time he’s in Toronto for work. Without any other support or friendship in her life, Karen craves his enthusiastic attention, and their friendship deepens to love. Though she’s fallen hard for him, he doesn’t share everything with her. In one heartrending moment, Karen’s life comes to a crossroads, and she must face the full truth about who Greg is, and about who she has become.

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Early praise for While You Were Gone

Moretti inhabits her characters with depth, conviction and compassion achieved by few contemporary writers. Relish the same smooth-pacing, pitch-perfect dialogue and unexpected twists in this flipside version of Thought I Knew You. So fun to hear the other side—and be amazed. -- Sonja Yoerg, author of House Broken and Middle of Somewhere

Moretti seamlessly explores what happens when two people, desperate to fill the void in their lives with something, cling to exactly the wrong thing instead of digging deep and finding the right thing. Moretti’s first book and New York Times Best Seller, Thought I Knew You lobbed questions into the universe and While You Were Gone serves back the perfect answers. -- Ann Garvin, author of The Dog Year and On Maggie's Watch